▲ 9 r/HistoryWhatIf
What if French steel industry was robust enough to supply their armored divisions with more equipment of larger size?
Say that in this situation France is less devastated during WW2 and their industry is in a better place, then received enough investment to actually supply their armored units. With more Lorraine L37s, introduce the B40 turret to the B1 Bis in 1938 or so, and replace the SA18s with more capable weapons?
Essentially if French industry could support a more capable mechanized force in terms of its “soft stats” and “hard stats”.
The idea being that a more capable armored force with a better supply train is able to be deployed and adapt to the German Ardennes push so that they aren’t getting caught on the march or surprised during fueling efforts.
u/GlitteringParfait438 — 3 days ago